December 22, 2000: Six Lashkar-e-Toiba militants sneak into the Red Fort and open indiscriminate fire on the guards of the Seventh Battalion of Rajputana rifles killing two jawans and a civilian.

December 26, 2000: Prime suspect and Pakistani LeT militant Mohammad Ashfaq alias Arif along with his wife Rahmana Yousuf Farooqui are arrested after an encounter in Jamia Nagar area of South Delhi. Delhi Police unravel the conspiracy.

Two Let militant involved in the attack, Abu Shyamal and Abu Sufian killed in encounter in Okhla in South Delhi and Srinagar respectively.

February 20, 2001: Delhi police files chargesheet against Ashfaq and 21 other accused.